Clothes-line hanger.



J. J. GOULD.

CLOTHES LINE HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 31. 1913.

Patented sept. 16,1913.

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JOHN J. GOULD, OF WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS.

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To all whom it mag/cou cern Be 'it known that I, JOHN J. GOULD, a citizen of the United States, residing `at Woodstock, in the-county of McHenry, State of Illinois, have invented certain new 4and useful improvements in Clothes-Line Hangers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,.and exact Vdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertans to make and use the same.

This invention relates to combination clothes lines andV has for an object `to provide a clothes line upon which the clothes may be secured within the house, the line then being'adapted` to be folded to facilitate carrying the clothes out -of doors in a clothes basket, the line being then adapted to be extended and supported from posts out of doors, thus obviating the necessity of the discomforting operation of securing clothes to a line out of doors in winter weather.

A further object is to provide novel` hangers for supporting the clothes line indoors, one of the hangers having a detachable portion equipped with a'hook for attachment to an out of doors supporting line.

`With the above objects in view the invention consists of certain novel details of construction and combination of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, it being understood that various modifications may be made in the minor details of construction within the scope of the appended claims.

ln the accompanying drawings illustrating this invention Figure 1 is a front elevation showing the line in-doors. Fig. 2 is a front elevation showing the line in-doors and collapsed to facilitate the attached clothes being dropped in a. bundle in the clo-thes basket.v Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the clothes line out of doors; Fig. 4 is a detailrperspective view of one of the hangers. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the other hanger. Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view showing the manner of att-aching each snap hook to the clothes line. Fig. 7 is a fragmentary sectional view on line 7 7 Fig. 5. Fig. 8 is a fragmentary sectional view on line 8 8 Fig. 6.

Referring now to the drawings in which like characters of reference designate similar part-s, 10 designates a limp clothes line which is provided at equally spaced intervals wit-h snap hooks 11 of ordinary charrSpecification ofv Letters Patent.

Applicat'iouled January 31, 1913.

Patented Sept. 16,1913. seran No. 745,472.

acier, metal bands 12 being wrapped about the eyes of the hooks and the line to iixedly secure the hooks to the line.

For supporting the clothes line in-doors I provide a pair of `hangers designated in general by the numerals 13 and 14 respectively. The hanger 13 comprises a wall plate 15 which is adapted to be secured to the wall 1G of a room and is provided with hinge ears 17. A straight bar 18 is provided at the upper end with an eye 19 through which and tlie'hinge ears a pivot pin 2O .is passed. rthe bar is provided on one side with spaced guide eyes 21 and 22. A stili' wire rod 23 is slidably engaged in the guide eyes and is adjustably secured in the upper guide eye 2l by means of a set `screw 24. The rod is bent into a loop 25 below the bar 18', one end of the wire being directed rearwardly from the loop and forming a buffer arm 25 which is terminally equipped with a rubber cap 27 that engages the wall of a room and prevents mutilation of the wall paper. A helical spring 28 is connected to the rod and is equipped with an eye screw 29 which is adapted to be fixed in the wall to normally hold the cap in engagement with the wall, this spring yieldablyresisting swinging of the loop out from the wall.

The hanger 14 comprises a ceiling plate 30 which is adapted to be secured to the ceiling by screws 31 or otherwise. An outer tube 32 is carried by the ceiling plate and into this tube is telescoped an inner tube 33 which is adjustably secured in position by means of a set screw 34 threaded through the outer tube and terminally selectively engaged in any one of a series of notches 35 formed in the inner tube. A stiff wire rod 36 is adjustably secured in the lower end of the inner tube by means of a set screw 37, this rod being terminally bent to form a loop 38 one end of which is bent rearwardly to form a buffer arm 39 that is terminally equipped with a'rubber cap 40 to engage the wall of the room. The rod 36 is provided near the loop with a downwardly opening hook 41 the `purpose of which will presently be explained.

In operation, all of the snap hooks are engaged with the loop 25 of the hanger 13 and the clothes line 10 hangs limp in a series of folds. To apply the clothes the snap hook at one end of the line is disengaged from the loop 25 and then engaged with the Y loop 38 ofthe hanger 14 as shown in Fig. 1

with a resultant taut portion of the line being exposed between the loops of both hangers to receive the clothes which are applied with ordinary clothes pins. By removing tliesnap hooks in succession from the loop of the hanger 13 and transferring them to the loop of the hanger 14, and securing the clothes to the resultant straight portion of the clothesline, all the snap hooks will finally be engaged with the loop of the hanger 14 and the applied clothes will drop with the folds of t-he clothes line as clearly shown in Fig. 2. By unloosening the set screw 37 the loop of the hanger 14 may be bodily removed and dropped with the bundle of clothes into a clothes basket 42.

The clothes basket may now be carried out of doors and the hook 4l of the detached loop 3S applied to an ordinary clothes line 43 which is supported terminally by posts 44. The terminal snap hook remote from the loop may now be engaged with a staple 45 in one of the posts and the snap hooks in succession engaged with the clothes line as clearly shown in Fig. 3 until all of the clothes have been removed from the basket whereupon the loop 38 may be manually slid longitudinally of the clothes line 43 until the limpv clothes line 10 is taut from end to end, such operation eEecting the hanging of the clothes out of doors in a minimum time and withminimum exertion and thus avoiding the usual. discomforts due to this operation.

What is claimed, is z- -4 y Y l. A hanger of the cla-ss described `comprising a plurality of telescopic sections, means to secure. said sections in adjusted relation, a loop on one of said sections, and

a buffer extending laterallyl from saidV loop.

2. A hanger of the class described including aV bar' having an out-,turned ear at its lower end, a guide on said bar in'alinement with said ear, a rod passing through said guide and ear and ,bent'below the ear to form a loop, the end of said rod below the ear-being bent to extend laterally of the v- -loo and constitutino a bilder arm hinUe Copies of this patent may be obtained for Vfive cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

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